Romania Faces Fresh Political Crisis With Premier Under Fire

Romania was thrown into fresh political turbulence as the largest ruling party withdrew backing for Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, whose fragile coalition government may now be on the verge of falling apart.

The Social Democrats said the vast majority of their party’s members voted in favor of the move in an internal poll on Monday evening that came after months of criticism of the premier’s austerity drive and management of the four-way alliance.